Following the Footsteps of Fox and Bear
Naturalist-sleuth Susan Morse and her fellow conservationists at Keeping Track monitor wildlife in order to pinpoint critical habitat
Since her arrival in September, baby Chitwan has charmed visitors and curators alike. This is the first birth of a rhino at the National Zoo since 1974
The Dogs That Go to Work, and Play, All Day — for Science
Geneticist Jasper Rine and his colleagues launched the Dog Genome Initiative to elucidate both canine genes and behavior
It took four years, a shipwright and help from the British to create the blue whale model installed in the National Museum of Natural History
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At the ‘Mayo Clinic for Animals,’ the Extraordinary Is Routine
New York’s renowned veterinary hospital takes on almost anything, from a constricted boa to a mite-infested mouse to an anemic iguana
If It Moves, Grab It, but Try Not to Get the End That Bites
That’s the advice researchers in Venezuela give volunteers who help them find and collect specimens of the world’s biggest boa
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Dragonflies Are an Odd Combination of Beautiful Things
Don’t be misled by their dainty appearance. These ornaments of summer are aggressive predators, amazing fliers and bizarre suitors
How Taxonomy Helps Us Make Sense Out of the Natural World
We all have a need to classify plants and animals, which is what the National Museum of Natural History does on a grand scale
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Clyde Roper Can’t Wait to Be Attacked by a Giant Squid
After studying (and eating) smaller squid for years, the Smithsonian’s cephalopod man is now ready to face the biggest calamari of all
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Creatures Wild and Wonderful Thrive at a Living Lab in Kenya
The Mpala Research Centre offers a pristine environment for collaborative study on how humans and wildlife can coexist in the future
In the Company of Cannibals That Sting…and Glow
Found everywhere from beaches to 14,000 feet up in the Himalayas, scorpions kill more people than any other animal except snakes and bees
The story behind the Smithsonian’s display tiger leads back into tiger history, man-eating and otherwise, and back to the fact that tigers are endangered
That ‘Little Armored Thing’ Doesn’t Get by on Looks Alone
It appears to be made out of spare parts, but the only mammal equipped with a carapace is actually a model of ecological efficiency
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Elephant Seals, the Champion Divers of the Deep
These ponderous pinnipeds continually set new records for diving to crushing depths; researchers are hard at work to discover just how they do it
My Dog Has Fleas, Also My Cat, My Bird, My…
These tiny prehistoric parasites have evolved a bold array of weapons, the better to torture their hosts
How a snake, attended by alarums and excursions, made it from an Asian jungle to the National Zoo and so to its present berth in a Smithsonian museum
At the Fourth of July Butterfly Count, devotees census swallowtails, wood-nymphs and all their colorful kin
On the Trail of the Stealth Birds of Our Wetlands
With its cunning camouflage and some mighty morphing, a bittern can be one tough bird to find and a tough customer to boot
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